# Mask Transparency
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-transparency/106540
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [April 6, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-transparency/106540 "2004-04-06T20:20:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@NeoDreamer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/NeoDreamer)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-transparency/106540/1 "2004-04-06T20:20:24Z")
When I put a solid-to-transparent gradient fill as a mask, the final movie won’t show any transparency. The same is true if I use a graphic symbol as a mask, and then alpha tween it. Is there anything to fix this?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-transparency/106540/2 "2004-04-06T21:15:14Z")
you can use adobe photoshop to create alhpa blends. just make sure there is a transparent background on the image, make a new gradient.
edit the gradient so that the alpha is as you want
save as .psd (i think - it’s the default one anyway) and then import to flash 😉
cA
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-transparency/106540/3 "2004-04-06T21:31:10Z")
No, masks do not support transparency. :-/
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-transparency/106540/4 "2004-04-06T23:23:00Z")
Is it a new feature in MX 2004? If not, how do you “fudge it” to imitate the effect?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mask-transparency/106540/5 "2004-04-06T23:29:21Z")
Masks do not support transparency in Flash MX 2004 either. 😛
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/gradientmask.htm](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/gradientmask.htm)
And I think there’s a tutorial here at [kirupa](http://www.kirupa.com/) which uses a similar method to fake a gradient mask, run a search for it. 😉